Registered Nurse - Pediatric Access Center

About the role

Coordinates and facilitates patient admission according to patient acuity, bed availability, and required services. Collaborates with nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members to place patients in the appropriate level of care, triages patients via virtual phone, gathers intake information from various providers, facilitates consults with specialty services, coordinates transfers and direct admissions, reviews medical reports from referring hospitals or physician offices, relays information to nursing units, develops relationships with referral sources and admission decision makers, and dispatches neonatal, pediatric, and maternal transport teams.

Department: Pediatric Access Center – Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. Position type: Regular employee. Scheduled weekly hours: 24.

Schedule

Fully remote. Candidates must live within a 60-minute radius of the hospital. Varied schedule, primarily night shifts of 5 pm–5 am or 7 pm–7 am, with weekend rotation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members to place patient in appropriate level of care to achieve desired outcomes.
• Triage patients via use of virtual phone and gather intake information from various providers.
• Facilitates consults with specialty services as well as coordinating transfers and direct admissions.
• Reviews medical reports from referring hospitals or physician offices and relays information to nursing unit.
• Develops relationships with referral sources and admission decision makers.
• Dispatches neonatal, pediatric and maternal transport team.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.

Experience

Three years' critical care experience.

Physical requirements

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication; ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Licenses and certifications

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration, or RN issued by a Compact State
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Benefits

Sign-on bonus eligibility — ask your recruiter for details.